Yesterday a young lady came to our house and interviewed Josh and I for four hours. She said she had to write a story about us, about 25 pages long. After she asked us every question in the book, so to speak, she took a tour of our house and jotted down a description of each room. The questions she asked were mostly about our childhood and our relationship then and now with our parents and siblings.
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| older kid's room |
I had read and heard about home studies before for foster care and/or adoption but I had heard so many different stories I wasn't sure what to expect. It seemed to turn out fine, but I wasn't expecting four hours of personal questions! We were exhausted and I'm sure she was, too.
The purpose of the home study, from what I understand, is to have a good description of who we are and what our home is like in order to best match a child(ren) with us.
She asked us what we have done to make our home safe for kids, so we told her about the safety locks on cabinets, knives are up high (I'll eventually add a cabinet lock also for them), cleaners out of reach, meds locked away, etc.
So, we still have the fire and health inspections to go and a few more things and we should be licensed! But thank God the home study is over!
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